Lee, R. E., occupies Winchester, 294; enters Pennsylvania, 294; considered unconquerable, 306; army at its best, 307; northern invasion, 307; misuse of cavalry, 309; force in Gettysburg campaign, 312; battle, first day, 313; second day, position, 317; rejects Longstreet’s advice, 317, 318; third day, 321; Pickett’s charge, 324; confesses error, 325; retreat, 326; at Appomattox, surrender, 328, 335–341; death, 343. Lewis and Clark expedition, 8, 155. Lincoln, Abraham, elected President, 231; Sumter, 272; call for militia, 273; protection of Washington, 275; _Virginia_, 279; faith in Grant, 296; Lee’s invasion, 308; Hooker, 308, 310; failure to crush Lee, 326, 327; Lee’s surrender, 342; re-elected President, 327; assassinated, 328. Lincoln, Benjamin, and Stark, 130; at Behmus’ Heights, 135; wounded, 138; surrenders Charleston to Clinton, 144; at Yorktown, 147. Lincoln, Captain, at Buena Vista, 202. Lincoln, Robert T., at Appomattox, 337. _Linnet_ at Lake George, 175, 176. _L’Insurgente_ captured by the _Constellation_, 154. _Little Belt_ at Lake Erie, 163. Locomotive, first, 181. Lombardini, Manuel, at Buena Vista, 201. Long Island, battle, 119. Longstreet, James, rejoins Lee, 307; disapproves of northern invasion, 307; dispute with Lee, 317, 318, 322; at Gettysburg, 318, 320; expected counter-stroke, 325. Louis XIV. attempted consolidation of Spain and France, 5, 8. Louis XVI. execution, 154. Louisiana, purchase, 8, 155; settlement, 60; retrocession of, to France, 154; admission into the Union, 155; secession, 231. Loyalists, views, 97; persecuted, 98; at Boston, 106; in British army, 120; in Tryon County, 129. McClellan, G. B., commander-in-chief, Federal armies, 273; force, 274; his superiors, 275. McClernand, John A. B., in command before Vicksburg, 298; placed under Grant, 298; in Vicksburg campaign, 302. _McCulloch_ in Spanish War, 354. Macdonough, Thomas, Jr., at Lake Champlain, 173; account of battle, 176–178; testimonials, 179. _Macedonian_ captured by the _United States_, 155. McKee, Colonel, at Buena Vista, 205. McKinley Tariff Bill, passed, 345. McKinley, William, elected President, 345; Spain, 346; Cuba, 348; declares war, 350. McLaws, Lafayette, in Gettysburg campaign, 318. McPherson, James B., Vicksburg campaign, 299. McRea, Jenny, murdered, 131, 132. Madison, James, elected President, 155, 156. Maine admitted into the Union, 180. _Maine_ blown up, 346, 349. Manhattan Island purchased, 15, 30. Manila, naval battle, 351–355; Dewey’s command, 351; Montojo’s, 351; first shot, 352; map, 353; Spanish surrender, 354; capture of city, 356, 373. Manning, J. L., and surrender of Sumter, 271.